“Once the Republicans get rolling, they assume they're going to win everything. They are zealots, and zealots assume the last five percent of whatever their plan is will be taken care of by their own greatness or momentum or divinity.” CareLastsWinningTakenFivePlansGreatnessRepublicanPercentAssumingDivinityRollingMomentumZealot Author:Keith Olbermann
“In a poll taken in 1998, only 7 percent of the members of the US National Academy of Sciences, the elite of American scientists, said they believed in a personal god.” SaidTakenMembersPercentScientistElitesPollsAcademy Book:God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist Source: God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist
“The US is a country [in which] eighty percent of the population thinks the Bible was written by god. About half think every word is literally true. So it's had to appeal to that - and to the nativist population, the people that are frightened, have always been... It's a very frightened country and that's increasing now with the recognition that the white population is going to be a minority pretty soon, "they've taken our country from us."” PeopleThinkingCountryWhiteHalfTakenWrittenPercentPopulationOur CountryRecognitionAppealsMinoritiesFrightenedEighty Author:Noam Chomsky
“You've got the right - you've got a wonderful person with Sheila Bair, most of the viewers have never heard of Sheila Bair. [She] has taken eight percent of the deposits in the United States and seamlessly moved those over to sound institutions which in turn have gotten more capital, ended up, it's been a magnificent job.She'll never get a golden parachute or any severance pay or anything. She's done a great job. We've got some great public servants. We have I think the right people in there to get the job done, and then they need more tools.” PeopleThinkingNeedsPersonsStatesDoneJobsTurnsSoundUnitedPayUnited StatesTakenWonderfulHeardPercentToolsInstitutionsMovedEightGoldenServantMagnificentViewersGreat JobDepositsParachutesPublic ServantsGet The Job DoneWonderful PersonSheila Author:Warren Buffett
“I have been taken for a ride a couple of times. I've been hurt by people who I've had a 90 percent possibility of being hurt by.” PeopleHas BeensHurtTakenPossibilityCouplePercentBeing HurtBeen HurtI've Been Hurt Author:George Michael
“Take a look at public opinion. About 70 percent of the population, in the polls, said the [Vietnam ] war was fundamentally wrong and immoral, not a mistake. And that attitude lasted as long as polls were taken in the early '80s.” LooksLongSaidWarMistakeAttitudeOpinionTakenPercentPopulationVietnam80sImmoralPublic OpinionPollsVietnam War Author:Noam Chomsky
“Twenty-five years ago, I created the Taxpayer Protection Pledge at the federal level. Then I brought it to the state and local level. About 97 percent of the Republicans in the House and 85 percent in the Senate have signed on, and the number of candidates who have taken the pledge is even higher. It's become a party position.” YearsStatesHouseLevelsPartyNumbersTakenFivePositionHigherRepublicanPercentYears AgoTwentiesProtectionLocalsCandidatesFive YearsSenateTaxpayersPledgeTwenty Five Author:Grover Norquist
“Government is taking 40 percent of the GDP. And that's at the state, local and federal level. President Obama has taken government spending at the federal level from 20 percent to 25 percent. Look, at some point, you cease being a free economy, and you become a government economy. And we've got to stop that.” LooksStatesGovernmentPresidentLevelsEconomyTakenPercentSpendingCeaseLocalsPresident ObamaGdpGovernment SpendingFree Economy Author:Mitt Romney